Guy has contributed close to a dozen comment pieces and essays to The Monthly, and many more to various other publications. He is a former political adviser, lobbyist and speechwriter, who grew up in Townsville and was educated at James Cook University (BA Hons), Harvard (MPP), and the ANU (PhD). Between 2009 and mid 2013, he was a Research Fellow at the University of Queensland. To date Guy’s writing and research have focused mainly on energy and environment-related issues, with a heavy emphasis on corporate and political collusion, deception and spin.